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Funny this post popped up just now. Today I removed the snow plow from my big Troy-Bilt tiller, bolted the tines back on and gave the garden it's first tilling of the year. Now we can spread the compost on top, and then give it another tilling before we plant. The tiller is a thing of beauty, it's a vintage 1981 Horse model, the biggest one they made. My Dad bought it new and passed it on to me a few years back. It was in severe need of a full tear down restoration and paint. The good thing is that it is right up my alley!
Here is my garden after the tiller was restored last year. They sure the heck don't build them like this anymore!~ 4-speeds forward with reverse (Hi & Lo range) plus a locked axle. Not even a chunk of plastic to be seen on this old girl! (Ok... so the handle bar grips are plastic...)
I think I did a pretty good job re-building it if I do say so myself.
And this is the oldest photo I have of the tiller, I had torn it apart a bit to get the motor running again and forgot to take a photo when it was still in one piece. It is all original with a few updates to the motor. The decals are so rare it is not funny, they were sent to my dad in the mid-80's and he never put them on the tiller. I have all the books, manuals, and scrap of paper right down to the $1300 sales slip from when he bought it... in 1981!
We a decent sized garden, it's 800 sqft (40'x20') as well has half a dozen chickens for eggs. In fact, I was just having a late night snack of three eggs, toast, and a cup of coffee. Cooked in bacon grease to boot, can't get much more era correct than that! lol
Here is my garden after the tiller was restored last year. They sure the heck don't build them like this anymore!~ 4-speeds forward with reverse (Hi & Lo range) plus a locked axle. Not even a chunk of plastic to be seen on this old girl! (Ok... so the handle bar grips are plastic...)
I think I did a pretty good job re-building it if I do say so myself.
And this is the oldest photo I have of the tiller, I had torn it apart a bit to get the motor running again and forgot to take a photo when it was still in one piece. It is all original with a few updates to the motor. The decals are so rare it is not funny, they were sent to my dad in the mid-80's and he never put them on the tiller. I have all the books, manuals, and scrap of paper right down to the $1300 sales slip from when he bought it... in 1981!
We a decent sized garden, it's 800 sqft (40'x20') as well has half a dozen chickens for eggs. In fact, I was just having a late night snack of three eggs, toast, and a cup of coffee. Cooked in bacon grease to boot, can't get much more era correct than that! lol